Fire District

What is a Fire District

A Fire District is an entity created to provide for fire protection, suppression and rescue services. In the Hopkins Hill area of Coventry, the responsibility of the Fire District also includes the costs of street and roadway lighting and rental and maintenance of fire hydrants. (Click on underlined words for information about these services.)

An Act of the State Legislature created the Hopkins Hill Fire District and detailed the responsibility, authority and certain procedures in addition to the geographic area the District encompasses. The Act also allows the District to impose taxes to fund the activities of the District and its entities, such as the Hopkins Hill Fire Department.

This section of the Hopkins Hill Fire Department web site is intended to provide an overview of the Fire District. Further information on aspects of the District are available by way of the Navigation Bar on the right.

Executive Committee

The governing body of the Hopkins Hill Fire District is the Executive Committee. The term "District Board" is occasionally used but they are both the same entity.

The makeup is detailed in various sections the Legislative Act which created the district. A brief overview of those portions is provided here.

As is stipulated in the enabling legislation:

There are seven members of the District Board

They must be qualified electors of the Hopkins Hill Fire District

They are elected by the taxpayers of the Hopkins Hill Fire District

They are elected for a one year term

Vacancies of less than six months may be filled by the Board

Vacancies of longer than six months require a special meeting at which taxpayers in the District elect a replacement

Current Members of the Executive Committee

Daniel Danis-----Moderator

Kenneth Burdick-----Vice-Moderator

Carol Dion-----Clerk

Barbara Kane-----Treasurer

Denise DeGraide-----Head Tax Assessor

Denise Brown-----Tax Collector

Caryl Moore-----Member at Large

Enabling Legislative Act

Brief overviews of portions of this legislation is provided in other pages of this section. To insure accuracy and allow the reader full information on the topic, we have presented here the entire legislation, exactly as given to us.

The Legislative Act is divided into sections as follows. Click on any underlined text to view that section.